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re: 23 students from same school achieve perfect ACT score
Posted on 6/8/25 at 5:45 pm to Skenes
Posted on 6/8/25 at 5:45 pm to Skenes
quote:Not "intermittently"? Wouldn't that be the adverb of "preparing"?
“I’ve been preparing for about the last year, kind of like intermittent,” Bennett said. “I took about eight practice tests just to practice it and prepare for it.”
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Posted on 6/8/25 at 6:00 pm to Jake88
Didn’t know they had that many Asians in that area.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 6:10 pm to Skenes
The photo in my local news was asians and a white dude. 
Posted on 6/8/25 at 6:27 pm to uscpuke
quote:
. For 23 specific students in one school to all score 36, assuming a typical high school class size of 500, the probability is approximately (0.003)^23, or 1 in 10^77
By Grok's own admission, this math only works if the students are chosen randomly and independently from across the nation.
The chance that 23 kids from Whitney Young score a perfect ACT is much higher than the chance that 23 kids from a BR public school do the same.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 6:30 pm to East Coast Band
quote:
Seems a statistical impossibility
Not really. It's not a random sample of students.
They're all taking the same ACT prep course at the same school.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 6:43 pm to LordSaintly
quote:
The chance that 23 kids from Whitney Young score a perfect ACT is much higher than the chance that 23 kids from a BR public school do the same.
Baton Rouge Magnet High has 10-15 kids with 36 on the ACT every year.
LINK
Posted on 6/8/25 at 7:01 pm to Shaun176
quote:
Baton Rouge Magnet High has 10-15 kids with 36 on the ACT every year.
I wasn't thinking of BR Magnet
Posted on 6/8/25 at 7:05 pm to LSUtoBOOT
For the 2023 class of Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies in Metairie, nine students achieved a perfect ACT score. It had an enrollment of about 500 students for grades 9-12.
Accordingly, it's not surprising that a class of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School would have 23 students achieve a perfect ACT score, since it has an enrollment of approximately 2,200 students for grades 9-12, or a little more than four times as many as Haynes Academy.
Accordingly, it's not surprising that a class of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School would have 23 students achieve a perfect ACT score, since it has an enrollment of approximately 2,200 students for grades 9-12, or a little more than four times as many as Haynes Academy.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 7:06 pm to Skenes
How many did that school have last year?
23, out of how many?
23, out of how many?
Posted on 6/8/25 at 7:08 pm to Skenes
Yeah but how was their basketball team?
Posted on 6/8/25 at 7:25 pm to uscpuke
quote:
Grok: The odds of 23 students from one high school receiving perfect ACT scores (36) are astronomically low. About 0.3% of test-takers score a 36 annually (roughly 4,000 out of 1.3 million). For 23 specific students in one school to all score 36, assuming a typical high school class size of 500, the probability is approximately (0.003)^23, or 1 in 10^77, factoring in independent scores and no systemic bias. Even with a highly selective school, the odds remain vanishingly small due to the rarity and independence of perfect scores
At Whitney Young, the elite public school students at one of the largest school districts in the country are funneled there. It’s different than the elite private schools competing for top students and their $. I was at a national academic competition in high school years ago, and Whitney Young was the Illinois representative, not some private school. I also believe they were one of the highest finishers as well.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 8:18 pm to TutHillTiger
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Yeah but how was their basketball team?
Very good. The advantage of being an elite magnet in a school district with 3M people is that you can take whomever you want, and that goes for sports, too.
Jahlil Okafor, Quentin Richardson, Jordan’s kids, etc. all played there. They are one of the best programs in Chicago.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 8:19 pm to Skenes
Are they all going to Harvard ?
Posted on 6/8/25 at 8:37 pm to The Torch
My son was one of 3 from an ascension parish public high school last year that got a 36. Not a magnet school or school that necessarily hand selects high achieving students. It’s definitely becoming more common. I’m thinking their teaching methods are better preparing these students for standardized tests. My other son just got a 34. Neither did any prep classes and got score after 3rd time taking test. This was not a super-score either.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 8:44 pm to Ingeniero
quote:
Over/under is 3.5 on Patels
Nguyen
Posted on 6/8/25 at 9:09 pm to Skenes
I'd like to see the pre-ACT/PSAT scores and grades for all 23 students.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 9:16 pm to Lsukinesalum2001
Humble brag
Posted on 6/8/25 at 10:04 pm to Skenes
ACT is racist
Posted on 6/8/25 at 11:05 pm to Huey Lewis
Oh I gotta hear more about this
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